Warm ivory paper and centred serif type — the wedding invitation people picture when they think of one.
Classic Ivory is the traditional wedding suite done carefully. Text sits centred on warm ivory stock, the couple’s names set in a high-contrast serif with generous letter-spacing above and below, and everything else stepping quietly back from them. There is no illustration and no ornament, because the composition is doing the work: the restraint is the design.
It is the safest choice in the collection, and that is a real feature. Formal wording reads correctly in it. Guests of every age can read it. It will look the same in ten years as it does now, which is not true of anything more fashionable. If you are sending invitations to a wide family, or the wedding is a church or ballroom occasion where the paper is expected to be somewhat formal, this is the one that fits without argument.
Four papers are included: the ivory it is named for, a soft blush, a deep forest green with the type reversed out in white, and near-black for a modern black-tie feel. Switching between them changes the whole suite at once, so the RSVP card and the place cards always match the invitation.
The only style with no illustration at all — pure typography.